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lukevyesterday at 2:26 PM1 replyview on HN

Yes. That is the point I was making.

Calculators provide a deterministic solution to a well-defined task. LLMs don't.


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bluefirebrandyesterday at 9:52 PM

Furthermore, it is possible to build a precise mathematical formula to produce a desired solution

It is not possible to be nearly as precise when describing a desired solution to an LLM, because natural languages are simply not capable of that level of precision... Which is the entire reason coding languages exist in the first place